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myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping 4 years ago

I have had an eBay account for a few years now and never really became fanatical about buying off the site but I do not really enjoy shopping even when out in the city centre.

Saying that though I have bought quite a few big things including a Nintendo DS and a laptop.

I have though sold quite a few things on eBay such as concert tickets (3 sets).

Well last week I sold tickets for my Mum. She had 2 tickets to see someone that she paid 10 pounds for and we sold them for 45 pounds so we more than doubled our money. My friend gave me a brand new phone to sell for him which still has 2 days left so fingers crossed.

So I decided to put on a few things for myself. I put on some Betty Boop stuff I had lying around and a very very old instant camera vintage.

So my discussion is do you love eBay and what have you bought and sold?

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1. myLot reputation of 91/100. giftsandbagscom (25490)   ranked 58 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

I sell bags on ebay. I won't be for long though. I also buy on ebay as well. But what I do know is ask the seller if they have a website. I don't plan to shop there long. Something is wrong with your link..


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Why arent you going to do it anymore?

What is wrong with the link? It works for me but then I am logged in as me lol.

I think there is something wrong with ebay.co.uk just now.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZkillahclaire


myLot reputation of 91/100. giftsandbagscom (25490)   ranked 58 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

I use to love ebay and I bought everything there. Now the fees are just getting out of hand. I don't feel I should continue to pay for what does not sell. So I am fixing up my website to make my own money. I plan to use them to list 4 bags total at a time. I will list them cheap and shipping high. I will then send my customers flyer to shop o my site. I sold a listing started at .99 and shipping 20.00 yesterday. The listing was for 4 bags. They are the smaller one I would have given for free. :)


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

I know that the UK ones just changed their fees so you might wanna check them out. The stuff I list today was cheap cheap cheap/

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2. myLot reputation of 82/100. rintintin (2348)   4 years ago

I hate ebay.I really do hate it.
I dont hate it,thats not true,I dont hate anything or anyone.Hate isnt a word I should ever use.Hate is a bad word.
I dislike ebay,but my little rant has made this a semi decent reply,and one which will now bring me full fiscal reward.
I know a guy that paid a fortune for an xbox on ebay
When the parcel arrived
It was a box with a big black x painted on the top.
What was inside the box
Air!!!
To be honest,I like seeing up close and able to touch and feel what I am buying.
I have lots of other places to sell things to
Like Scot Ads.
Did I tell you I sellt my Escort.
I got 500 quid for it,which is about what I paid for it 10 months ago.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

500???? ha ha ha.
my mate bought one 2 years ago for 50 quid. some f*cker bumped it though lol


myLot reputation of 82/100. rintintin (2348)  4 years ago

It was a good one
1.6 16v Cabaret,fully loaded and a zetec engine.Show room condition,and mot and taxed.All the cars I sell are good cars.There wasnt a mark on it,shiny black,boot spoiler,face off stereo,sun roof the lot.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Oh well my pals had rust and a leaky sun roof but 50 quid is 50 quid and it done him alright.

So like how much do you normally sell cars for. I will need one when I finally ever sit my test and I could take a wee day trip up to see you.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Here would you ever let me come up for a visit. I mean seriously, none of your bullshitting me.


myLot reputation of 82/100. rintintin (2348)  4 years ago

Of course you could come up for a visit
You might find us a bit spatan,lol
You might want to leave just after you came!!!


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

What do you mean? What, you are boring? Is that what you really mean?

I am being serious, I could come up and hang out with yous, it'd be cool and you could sell me a wee banger of a car. Woohoo!

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3. myLot reputation of 95/100. missbdoll (1087)   ranked 166 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

i do spend a lot of time there, as I sell onauction sites fulltime.I just bought a Teddy Bear the other night, it was really amazing as I had lost my lights in a bad storma couple of nights before and I had left abid before this.In allthe stress I'd forgten about him and relised after the auction was over.I had meant to go back and bid more, but it so dark then I could not use the computer,Imagine how I felt later when I'd got him on my low only bid.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Well done! Congratulations.

Have you received him yet?

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4. myLot reputation of 93/100. CanadaGal (1628)   ranked 189 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

I've never sold anything on ebay, but I have bought a few items. Odds and ends stuff that I just couldn't find in stores around my place.

The first things I bought were some Hallmark "Wizard of Oz" ornaments that go in a series I started collecting years ago. Then I got some old Nintendo games.. you know, the original NES ones like Mario Bros and Tetris? heheeh.. I even got a "Game Genie" because I SUCK at video games. Then a bradford exchange plate to replace one that nuckfuts destroyed. And a few other odds and ends. No more than 15 things since I started ebaying years ago.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

What on earth is a Bradfords Exchange plate.

Bradfords here is a bakery


myLot reputation of 93/100. CanadaGal (1628)   ranked 189 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Plates from the Bradford Exchange are collectible plates with various paintings and designs on them. Plates that are meant purely for decoration, not to be eaten from. lol. My one and only set is a Wizard of Oz 8 plate set... each plate having a small music box attached, that plays a song from the movie.

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5. myLot reputation of 43/100. superjockh (310)   ranked 1,330 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

No, not really. I do not sell on Ebay because of their fees. First, to me it used to be a site for sellers like me to profit. Now it looks like Ebay wants to get rich of everything I am selling. If I want something sold online, I go to other sites that sell my specific items. For instance, if I want to sell my video games or trade it, I can do so at gamestop.com or goozex.com. When it comes to buying things, I do tend to use ebay sometimes to buy stuff, but most of the time I am either using amazon, buy, or overstock.com

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myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Ebay suits me cos I am normally using my paypal so fair enough.

I know that the Uk side of the site reviewed their fees the otherday and they are much cheaper now so you might wanna check them out.

I think the insertion fee is down to 10pence


myLot reputation of 43/100. superjockh (310)   ranked 1,330 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

I will check to see if I can use the U.K. side of ebay while in the US


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Och I know that you can but obviously you will have to post to the UK and that would mean that you are less likely to get people bidding cos of high postage costs.

I can go on and look at US stuff and sometimes I do if something hasn't been released here in the UK yet.

Surely though the .com version of the site has put down their fees too.

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6. myLot reputation of 65/100. just2crazygirlz (1008)   ranked 723 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

I used to be. Then ebay really peed me off. I don't do hardly any business on there now at all. I have switched to ecrater and etsy.


myLot reputation of 85/100. hholt01 (898)  4 years ago

just2 how did Ebay lose your business, what was there response? How many reps did you discuss this with? would love to hear more about it. I have thought about persuing Ebay full time but before I jump in I would love to hear some of the MAJOR cons. Especially from someone that has lived through it step by step.


myLot reputation of 65/100. just2crazygirlz (1008)   ranked 723 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Well, let's see. I was selling on there really good. I started last year about this time of year. Prom dresses are good right now. And pageant dresses. Anyway, that is what I started with. Then I moved on to dropshipping. I still have my dropship account. They suspended me for selling Nike shoes. Said I did not have Nike's permission to sell them. Well, they told me to email Nike so I did. Nike said that they could not help with ebay. So I am back at square one. Now, the real jacked up part of ebay is that they don't want to talk to you on the phone. They don't publish their phone number on ebay itself Google is a great thing. I got their number. I actually had more than one number. I called and called. One day I was on hold for almost an hour and they just disconnected me. The automated system just sends you around in a circle. When you do talk to customer service, they are rude.

I did talk to a couple of people who were helpful on the ebay store support line. They were the only ones who were ever helpful. You email ebay and don't get a response. Or you do finally get a response after you have forgotten you emailed them in the first place. I faxed them stuff. I got reinstated just to get suspended again. They say that I am suspended for at least 12 months.

I was making them a ton of money. I think my last month selling, I had $1000 in ebay fees. That's a lot of selling. But they have raised their final value fee to 8.25%. They are just going to keep raising the fees too. They are getting away with it. That is the problem. They are too big for their britches.
Hope this helps.


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Wow that does not sound good. I was actually reading something the other day on the internet similar to this about not being able to contact them by phone cos they weren't publishing their number but I do know that now on the UK version of the site they have and I do know the UK version has brought down their prices but thats all I can say.
I don't use eBay to make serious money. I just use it when I have something I don't want.


myLot reputation of 65/100. just2crazygirlz (1008)   ranked 723 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

Well, don't ever turn pro. That's when they start screwing you. I always did fine when I only sold occassionally too.

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7. myLot reputation of 85/100. hholt01 (898)   4 years ago

Cool, but how much do you say you earn per month or year on Ebay, I was watching CNBC here in the U.S. and they had a segment on this handicapped woman who thought her life was over after her unfortunate accident, but she bucked up and tried Ebay, she is making close to 250,000 a year being a reseller/distributor on Ebay. To hear those kinds of stories makes you feel that if she can do it we all can do it!


myLot reputation of 85/100. killahclaire (1717)   ranked 212 out of 5,520 in shopping  4 years ago

I wouldn't even call what I make income. I have just sold a few things that I have chanced upon or do it as favours for friends.

I always do like the idea of making money through it regulary.

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8. myLot reputation of 93/100. jovimom (523)   ranked 4,472 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

I was addicted to ebay(buying) for awhile and I finally got myself out of it. I did sell some things on there, but the only money I really made was from selling concert tickets and that wasn't much. I collect unicorns, so I bought a lot of unicorn stuff off ebay.

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9. myLot reputation of 81/100. Gesusdid (1463)   ranked 472 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

i havent sold anything lately on ebay in sometime now , in about a year maybe , i use ebay now for whats great to sell , mainly for research purposes you know ..then i start to sell things

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10. myLot reputation of 84/100. anjalisk2005 (1565)   ranked 3,302 out of 5,520 in shopping   4 years ago

i am an addict of ebay i keep buying a lot of stuff and resell them.i lov to shop at ebay.and u have great bargains and also all great products.

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